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Learning Science through Computer Games and Simulations
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Honey, Margaret A., Ed.; Hilton, Margaret, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2011
At a time when scientific and technological competence is vital to the nation's future, the weak performance of U.S. students in science reflects the uneven quality of current science education. Although young children come to school with innate curiosity and intuitive ideas about the world around them, science classes rarely tap this potential.…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Science Education, Science Process Skills, Computer Games
The Reliability and Validity of a Performance Task for Evaluating Science Process Skills.
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Adams, Cheryll M.; Callahan, Carolyn M. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1995
The Diet Cola Test was designed as a process assessment of science aptitude in intermediate grade students. Investigations of the instrument's reliability and validity indicated that data did not support use of the instrument for identifying individual students' aptitude. However, results suggested the test's appropriateness for evaluating…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making
Children's Conceptions of Light in the Context of a Technology Based Curriculum.
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Settlage, John, Jr. – Science Education, 1995
Investigated the appropriateness of microcomputer-based laboratories (MBLs) for elementary school students. Reports that children expanded their repertoire of graph-making and interpreting skills and MBLs supported scientific inquiry for and by the children. (28 references) (Author/JRH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education, Grade 3